Following a successful pilot venture, InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed a Shareholders’ Agreement and a Loan Agreement with Bonergie Irrigation SAS (Bonergie Irrigation) to continue supporting the dimensions up of the challenge.
Under the brand new agreements, InfraCo Africa will maintain a big minority shareholding in Bonergie Irrigation, committing an extra US$2.4 million to substantially scale up farmers’ entry to prime quality irrigation options in Senegal.
It has lengthy been recognised that reliance upon rain-fed agriculture exposes Senegal’s farmers to the effects of climate change on temperature and rainfall patterns.i In 2019, InfraCo Africa joined with photo voltaic tools specialist Bonergie Senegal to determine Bonergie Irrigation, a local Special Purpose Vehicle, to pilot the implementation of over one hundred high quality Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS).
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InfraCo Africa’s CEO, Gilles Vaes, mentioned of today’s announcement: “We are excited to proceed working with our companions at Bonergie Irrigation to considerably scale up our providing to farmers in Senegal. Access to solar-powered irrigation solutions will replace present diesel pumps, offering farmers with a extra sustainable resolution to addressing the linked challenges of climate change and food security.”
The agreements signed today will see the commissioning, sale, installation and upkeep of at least 2,000 additional pumps over the subsequent three years. In เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวัดความดัน to feedback from the pilot, the venture may also roll out over 500 drip irrigation systems (DIS) that are designed to optimise efficiency of irrigation while also protecting groundwater sources from over-abstraction. The methods are out there in a range of sizes to suit every farmer’s wants with hire buy financing out there to spread the fee, making the techniques extra reasonably priced.
“Bonergie Irrigation SAS may be very proud that InfraCo Africa has decided to develop a detailed partnership with us as a shareholder”, says Gabriele Schwarz, CEO of Bonergie Irrigation SAS. “Their super experience will assist us to produce a minimum of 2000 pumps and 500 drip irrigation techniques to rural farmers in a sustainable way. The nexus of Water-Energy-Food is considered one of the major topics for the approaching years and Bonergie Irrigation SAS and InfraCo Africa are in a perfect position to develop this market in Senegal.” It is anticipated that Phase II of the Bonergie Irrigation challenge will be co
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